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May 11, 2018

Colombia

• Nicolas Sanchez A., “Mas de 9 Mil Desplazados Deja la Guerra en el Catatumbo” (El Espectador (Colombia), May 11, 2018).

La confrontación entre los dos grupos armados está por cumplir dos meses, en medio de los cuales más de 9 mil familias se han desplazado tanto a refugios humanitarios y a cascos urbanos

• “Gobierno y Eln Llegan Con Enormes Desafios a la Habana” (Verdad Abierta (Colombia), May 11, 2018).

El cese al fuego bilateral y la participación de la sociedad nuevamente están en el centro de la negociación

• Olga Patricia Rendon M., “Catatumbo, Gran Reto para el Cese el Fuego Con Eln” (El Colombiano (Medellin Colombia), May 11, 2018).

Según Carlos Arturo Velandia, exmiembro de la guerrilla y gestor de paz, el cese “no será aplicable en Catatumbo, mientras persistan ataques entre Eln y Epl, que agreden directamente a población civil

El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras

• Jonathan Blitzer, “The Battle Inside the Trump Administration Over t.p.s.” (The New Yorker, May 11, 2018).

“You had career people arguing in favor of extending T.P.S. When they sent along their recommendations, their memos would stop dead in their tracks or get rewritten.”

Guatemala

• , Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont), “The International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala Deserves Strong Support” (U.S. Senate, May 11, 2018).

Velasquez is a person of great integrity, a very reputable, accomplished jurist. The more he carries out his mandate the more those who fear prosecution will try to exploit ways to stop him

• Jody Garcia, “Yassmin Barrios: La Sentencia por Genocidio Fue la Semilla de Nuestra Evolucion Social” (Nomada (Guatemala), May 11, 2018).

Cinco años después, conversa con Nómada sobre la histórica sentencia y las consecuencias que tuvo tanto en el país como en su carrera como jueza

Mexico

• Sarah Macaraeg, “Border Patrol Agent to Face Retrial Over Shooting of Teenager in Mexico” (The Guardian (Uk), May 11, 2018).

Lonnie Swartz was found not guilty of second-degree murder, but jurors were deadlocked on whether he was guilty of manslaughter

• Jan-albert Hootsen, “The Fight for Justice in Mexico Is Led by Brave Mothers” (The Washington Post, May 11, 2018).

According to statistics, more than 35,000 Mexicans have vanished without a trace over the past decade. The real number is believed by many to be much higher

• Gloria Leticia DÍaz, ““¡Vivos se los Llevaron, Vivos los Queremos!”, Exigen Madres de Desaparecidos en Marcha por Reforma” (Proceso (Mexico), May 11, 2018).

Las escalinatas del Ángel de la Independencia se colmaron de pancartas con los rostros de personas desaparecidas, como ocurre cada 10 de mayo en la Ciudad de México desde hace siete años

• Rory Smith, “Mexico Has a Kidnapping Problem. And It’s Getting Worse.” (Vox, May 11, 2018).

Organized crime, like any successful business, adapts to changing market conditions. In Mexico, which is heading toward a pivotal presidential election in July, this has meant a surge in kidnappings

• Richard Marosi, “The Aggressive Prosecution of Border-Crossers Is Straining the Courts. Will ‘Zero Tolerance’ Make It Worse?” (The Los Angeles Times, May 11, 2018).

In the southern federal district in San Diego, 1,275 cases were filed in the first three months of this year. Prosecutors now plan to boost criminal immigration filings to about 1,000 per month

Nicaragua

• Sarah Kinosian, “Debate Amid Nicaragua Unrest: Was the Revolution Fulfilled, or Betrayed?” (The Christian Science Monitor, May 11, 2018).

As antigovernment protests have swept the country in recent weeks, young Nicaraguans are divided over what it means to preserve the principles their parents and grandparents fought for in the 1979 revolution

Western Hemisphere Regional

• Michael D. Shear, “Trump Tirade Is Culmination of Immigration Frustration” (The New York Times, May 11, 2018).

The courts and Congress have resisted his demands, and even his own staff keeps telling him no. As a result, the president brings up the issue constantly

• Julia Watson, “Calif. National Guard Begins Border Training” (Associated Press, NBC San Diego, May 11, 2018).

The Guard cannot handle custody duties for anyone accused of immigration violations, build border barriers or have anything to do with immigration enforcement